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From: larryd!bnrmtl@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Larry Dunkelman)
Subject: Re: LAT printers
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.150007.8274@scrumpy@.bnr.ca>
Keywords: ln03 lg01
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Reply-To: larryd@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Larry Dunkelman)
Organization: Bell Northern Research Montreal, Canada
References:  <1991Mar13.204348.4978@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 91 15:00:07 GMT

In article <1991Mar13.204348.4978@hubcap.clemson.edu>, hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes:
|> 
|> .....  They *usually* work fine when used from 
|> the ULTRIX machine (an 8810, ultrix 4.1). However, occasionally, print
|> jobs from the ultrix machine sort of hang on the printer, and start printing
|> over and over and over and ...
|> 

We had the same problem (but with ULTRIX 4.0).  The release notes actually
mention this BUG and suggest a work around (which didn't work for me).  I tried
adding the following to the printcap entry:

:if=/usr/lib/lpdfilters/xf:

and the problem has gone away.

Larry.